Nicole Minichiello

Nicola Minichiello born Nicola Gautier on March 21, 1978 is a British bobsledder who has competed since 2001. She has won two medals in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships winning a silver in (2005) and making history with a gold in (2009) by becoming the first British female Bobsleigh Driver to win a World Championships.

Competing in three Winter Olympics, Minichiello earned her best finish of ninth in the two-woman event at Turin in 2006. This was also the best ever Olympic result by a GB women’s bobsleigh team.

Nicola is supported through the Bromley Technologies 'Formula Ice 2010' project alongside skeleton bosleigh athletes Shelley Rudman and Kristan Bromley.

When not Bobsledding, Nicole works as a part time P.E. teacher and also works as an athlete mentor for the Youth Sport trust. It was announced on 10 August 2010 that Minichiello would miss the 2010-11 Bobsleigh World Cup, including the FIBT World Championships 2011, to a knee injury.

References

• Bobsleigh two-woman world championship medalists since 2000
• Minichiello to Miss 2010-11 Season. at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (10 August 2010 article accessed 15 August 2010.)
• Nicole Minichello at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing
• The Sunday Independent (UK) February 19, 2006 featuring Minichiello and Jackie Davies.
• [1] Question of sport
• Sports-Reference.com profile.
• http://www.teamminichiello.co.uk